All advertisements
119 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year prev 1 2 3
1970s (continued)
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘You’ve Got Yourself a Man’ c1970
These ads from a Cadbury’s Roses campaign present three slightly different scenarios surrounding romantic relationships. In each, a box of Roses signifies the relationship is serious.
HQ Kingswood Sedan: Holden, the Great Way to Move c1971
Released three years after the iconic Kingswood sedan, the 1971 HQ was Holden’s biggest selling model to date.
ALP: It’s Time 1972
This TV commercial for the 1972 Whitlam election campaign targeted elusive Labor voters – women and young people – with a catchy song and starry singers.
Australia Post – Standard Letters 1974
This ad was made at a time when postage of a standard letter within Australia was only ten cents.
Metric Motoring 1974
This is one of the two television advertisements produced to facilitate the change to metric on Australian roads in July 1974.
Australia Post – Changing Times 1975
This black-and-white commercial informs the public of the split of the Postmaster-General’s Department into two independent Commissions. It offers a neat little history, using stills from Australia Post’s archive.
General Motors Holden – Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars c1976
This memorable advertising jingle from the 1970s was adapted from the American Chevrolet campaign, 'baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet’.
Coruba Jamaican Rum 1979
This animated commercial for Coruba Jamaican Rum celebrates the lifestyle associated with the spirit’s origins.
1980s
Australia Post – Letter Writing Venice 1986
This ad was part of Australia Post’s ‘We Deliver’ campaign and produced to encourage international and intergenerational correspondence.
Australia Post – Intelpost 1987
This humorous TVC shows a series of instruction diagrams being delivered by Australia Post to a group of ancient would-be soccer players.
Australia Post – Animation c1988
This Australia Post commercial promoting Faxpost has been shot at low speed to create the impression of high speed travel through empty Sydney streets.
Australia Post – Express Courier 1988
These commercials promoting Australia Post’s courier service exploit the organisation’s reputation for reliability and dependability.
Australia Post – Lettergram 1988
In these television commercials Australia Post attempts to link Lettergram in the mind of the viewer with the traditional uses of the telegram.
Australia Post – Postcode Grandma 1988
This commercial targeted members of the community who at that time were not yet au fait with the new communication technologies.
Australia Post – Postpak Rap 1988
This Australia Post commercial promotes the use of Postpaks for packaging parcels. With rap music still new to Australian popular culture at the time, this commercial was very successful.
Australia Post – We Deliver 1 1988
Television advertising played a major role in the establishment of Australia Post’s new corporate identity in the latter part of the 1980s.
Australia Post – We Deliver 2 1988
This series set out to promote the corporate image, while at the same time promoting Australia Post’s individual products and services.
Australia Post – We Deliver 3 1988
This series is a good example of the way in which the use of music in television commercials had changed by the late 1980s.
Nobby’s Nuts 1988
This 1988 television and cinema advertisement for Nobby’s Nuts combines animation and live action with great flair.
